Hi Andy,
I heat it with H2 and looked for heat and radiation. I saw nothing
unusual. I did not explore this in depth because I did not expect it
to be active. Nevertheless, it might be active under other conditions
I did not explore. I was more interested in other materials that were
active.
Ed
On May 16, 2013, at 12:31 PM, Andy Findlay wrote:
HI Ed,
Yes, I should have mentioned the dangers involved but for some
reason or another I was assuming people would read up on it before
trying anything.
I am curious to know, though, whether you were looking at heat
during the production of Raney Nickel, or how it behaves in a Rossi
type setup?
Andy.
On 16/05/13 19:11, Edmund Storms wrote:
I studied Raney Ni and found no evidence for extra heat. The
material is actually an Ni-Al alloy that contains a small fraction
of Al. It is very reactive to oxygen, unreactive to water and
unreactive to H2. It is dangerous to use without care.
Ed Storms
On May 16, 2013, at 12:00 PM, Andy Findlay wrote:
Hi Jack,
I had the same idea a couple of years ago. It gets even more
interesting when you realize that the NiAl + NaOH reaction
produces Raney Nickel (google it - it is a nano-porous material)
which has very interesting properties. The reaction effectively
pre-loads the Raney Nickel 'metallic foam' with Hydrogen.
I wonder if anyone has looked for anomalous heat in this process.
I suspect not.
Andy.
On 16/05/13 17:21, Jack Cole wrote:
Since either potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide react with
aluminum to produce hydrogen, I wonder if NiAl wire in
electrolysis with KOH or NaOH might prove interesting. Any
thoughts?
Perhaps even simpler would be adding this wire to a solution of
KOH or NaOH without electrolysis. I don't know if the hydrogen
produced would load into the lattice.
Best regards,
Jack
